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Author:
Gigliotti, Jim, author.
Title:
Dark hearts : the world's most famous horror writers / Jim Gigliotti ; illustrations by Karl James Mountford ; foreword by Danielle Vega.
Publisher:
Penguin Workshop,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
140 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm
Subject:
Horror tales, American--History and criticism--Juvenile literature.
Authors, American--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Horror tales, English--History and criticism--Juvenile literature.
Authors, English--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Literary criticism.
Other Authors:
Mountford, Karl James, illustrator.
Contents:
Foreword by Danielle Vega -- Introduction -- Mary Shelley -- Edgar Allan Poe -- Bram Stoker -- H. P. Lovecraft -- Daphne du Maurier -- Shirley Jackson -- Robert Bloch -- Thomas Harris -- Anne Rice -- R. L. Stine -- Stephen King -- Clive Barker -- Neil Gaiman -- Joe Hill.
Summary:
"Who are the people who make our hearts race and our minds spin? Why are they so good at making us fear what goes bump in the night? What are the stories behind the writers who give us goosebumps? Dark Hearts is a collection of fourteen short biographies of the world's best-known horror writers, including Mary Shelley, Shirley Jackson, Neil Gaiman, R. L. Stine, Stephen King, Bram Stoker, and others"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0593222784
9780593222782
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1243967896
LCCN:
2021026615
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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